Hi Paul Haas, My grandfather was born near Odessa, Ukraine but his grandfather, Jacob Haas, was born in Birlenbach, Alsace in 1764. He married Elizabeth Leyenburger and they had a son, Friedrich, in about 1799. We have met several Haas families within 50 miles of Birlenbach but have not been able to find any links. Your help in the future would be greatly appreciated. To add to the above, we took a picture of a house/barn in Hunspach, Alsace that had a beam above the doorway into the barn and while my husband Larry and his brother were visiting with the two ladies there I noticed that there was something written on the beam so I took a picture. Also I pointed it out to them when they returned to the car. The house had belonged to a Michael Haas and his wife Eva Stempfel. On the beam it had a 18 on the far left side, then Michael Haas with the marriage sign (oo) and then Eva Stempfel with 78 to the far right. We assumed that they got married in 1878. That is all we know about it. (Eleanor) Regards, Larry & Eleanor haasle@juno.com --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Paul Haas" <pshaas@worldnet.att.net> To: HAAS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:59:35 -0500 Subject: [HAAS-L] Western NY Haas family-tree recap Message-ID: <024201bf56ee$581d8cc0$6d9c4e0c@bowser> References: <01ac01bf56a5$45dd8040$0300a8c0@linda> Linda wrote... > We have a lot of new > subscribers to the list and more are joining every day. Let's start the New > Year off with a post from each of you on your family lines. > OK, ...here is the review of my Tree!!.... Michel (Michael) HAAS and wife Elizabeth (nee Huntsweigle) evidently lived in the Bas Rhin region of Alsace, France. Michel's father was said to be a gendarme, Michel himself a tavern-keeper. Both Michel and Elizabeth were born about 1780. These people were of the LUTHERAN faith. They had seven children: Michel (the younger), Magdalena, Elizabeth, Barbara, Katherine, Margaret, & Jacob. The eldest son, Michel, had married Magdalena Schweikhardt, who may have come from the community of Wingen in Bas Rhin, and they had one child while still in France. Her family had operated a brewery in Alsace. Members of Magdalena's family had preceeded her to America. In 1830, Michel, his wife, their seven children, together with son Michel's wife Magdalena & infant, boarded a sailing ship in Le Havre, France, bound for (NYCity?). By 1834, this entire family had settled in a community of Alsatian farmers in East Eden, Erie County, NY (30 miles due south of Buffalo). Son Michel contributed to the building of St. John's United Evangelical (Lutheran) Church on Nohl's (Mohl) Hill on East Eden Road in the 1830's. (The vacant church building burned in 1959; its cemetery still marks its location) Of the seven Haas children who emigrated to Western NY from Alsace, four remained in the Eden/Hamburg area, and three settled in the city of Buffalo. Those whose families remained in the southern region of Erie County, NY: Michel (Michael), Magdalena, Elizabeth, & Katherine. One of Michel's sons, George, and wife Eleanor (nee Tyrer) moved on to the Withee/Dodgeville area of Wisconsin. Those who migrated to the growing city of Buffalo: Margaret, Jacob, & Barbara. My greatest challenge at present is to locate the community(s) in Alsace where this Haas family originated. Most likely not far from Wissembourg. (If only ONE of those original immigrants had left a note with their hometown name on it!!) ~~~Paul Paul S. Haas (from Amherst, NY) Hatboro, PA (215) 441-0155 pshaas@worldnet.att.net ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:59:35 -0500 "Paul Haas" <pshaas@worldnet.att.net> writes: > Linda wrote... > > We have a lot of new > > subscribers to the list and more are joining every day. Let's > start the > New > > Year off with a post from each of you on your family lines. > > > > > OK, ...here is the review of my Tree!!.... > > Michel (Michael) HAAS and wife Elizabeth (nee Huntsweigle) evidently > lived > in the Bas Rhin region of Alsace, France. Michel's father was said > to be a > gendarme, > Michel himself a tavern-keeper. Both Michel and Elizabeth were born > about 1780. These people were of the LUTHERAN faith. > > They had seven children: Michel (the younger), Magdalena, > Elizabeth, > Barbara, Katherine, Margaret, & Jacob. > > The eldest son, Michel, had married Magdalena Schweikhardt, who may > have > come from the > community of Wingen in Bas Rhin, and they had one child while still > in > France. Her > family had operated a brewery in Alsace. Members of Magdalena's > family had > preceeded her to America. > > In 1830, Michel, his wife, their seven children, together with son > Michel's > wife > Magdalena & infant, boarded a sailing ship in Le Havre, France, > bound for > (NYCity?). > > By 1834, this entire family had settled in a community of Alsatian > farmers > in East Eden, Erie County, NY (30 miles due south of Buffalo). > > Son Michel contributed to the building of St. John's United > Evangelical > (Lutheran) Church on Nohl's (Mohl) Hill on East Eden Road in the > 1830's. > (The vacant church building burned in 1959; its cemetery still > marks its > location) > > Of the seven Haas children who emigrated to Western NY from Alsace, > four > remained in the Eden/Hamburg area, and three settled in the city of > Buffalo. > > Those whose families remained in the southern region of Erie County, > NY: > > Michel (Michael), Magdalena, Elizabeth, & Katherine. One of > Michel's sons, > George, and wife Eleanor (nee Tyrer) moved on to the > Withee/Dodgeville area > of Wisconsin. > > Those who migrated to the growing city of Buffalo: > > Margaret, Jacob, & Barbara. > > My greatest challenge at present is to locate the community(s) in > Alsace > where this Haas family originated. Most likely not far from > Wissembourg. > (If only ONE of those original immigrants had left a note with their > hometown name on it!!) > > ~~~Paul > > Paul S. Haas (from Amherst, NY) > Hatboro, PA > (215) 441-0155 > pshaas@worldnet.att.net > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > Larry & Eleanor haasle@juno.com